About This Class

In this class I gonna show you how to create a vector illustration, in 80's airbrush retro-futuristic style, using Affinity Designer. No tablet needed, I draw everything with the mouse, using just a pen tool and basic shapes.

After this class, you’ll learn:

how to add and adjust chrome gradients,

how to add strokes with different pressure,

how to use gaussian blur to mimic the airbrush shadows and highlights technique,

Sketch down your composition, then shoot it with a phone camera or scan it and place the image into the Affinity Designer artboard. I suggest you draw just one main simple object and put it on some gradient background. Apply some blurred highlights and shadows to the object, add some neon effects to your taste, upload your masterpiece here.

Fill Ryabchikov is a self-taught graphic designer and illustrator from Russia, Saint-Petersburg. Since 2007 he was working on a wide variety of projects from print and editorial illustrations to cover arts and logotypes.

He is also producing an electronic music under Filian alias, check out his tunes at soundcloud